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1998 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record

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In the 1998 FIFA World Cup the main disciplinary action taken against players came in the form of red and yellow cards. Any player picking up a red card is automatically banned for his country's next game (if it is a serious offense FIFA may extend this ban to a number of games). Players also receive a one-game ban if they pick up two yellow cards within the group stage or within the knockout stage.

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Disciplinary statistics

  • Total number of yellow cards: 258
  • Average yellow cards per match: 4.03
  • Total number of red cards: 22
  • Average red cards per match: 0.34
  • First yellow card of the tournament: Darren Jackson – Scotland against Brazil
  • First red card of the tournament: Anatoli Nankov – Bulgaria against Paraguay
  • Fastest yellow card from kick off: 3 minutes – Wolfgang Feiersinger – Austria against Italy
  • Fastest yellow card after coming on as substitute: 3 minutes – Stig Tøfting – Denmark against France (introduced in the 75th minute)
  • Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+2 minutes – Ko Jong-Soo – South Korea against Netherlands, Takashi Hirano – Japan against Argentina
  • Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: 119 minutes – Clarence Seedorf – Netherlands against Brazil
  • Fastest dismissal from kick off: 19 minutes – Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi – Saudi Arabia against France
  • Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 3 minutes – Morten Wieghorst – Denmark against South Africa (introduced in the 82nd minute)
  • Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 87 minutes – Ariel Ortega – Argentina against Netherlands
  • Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 20 minutes – Marcel Desailly – France against Brazil (booked in the 48th minute and again in the 68th minute)
  • Most yellow cards (team): 19 – Croatia
  • Most red cards (team): 3 – Cameroon, France
  • Fewest yellow cards (team): 3 – Iran
  • Most yellow cards (player): 3 – Didier Deschamps, Arthur Numan, César Sampaio, Dario Šimić, Mario Stanić
  • Most red cards (player): 1 – Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, David Beckham, Laurent Blanc, Craig Burley, Marcel Desailly, Ha Seok-Ju, Raymond Kalla, Patrick Kluivert, Lauren, Miklos Molnar, Anatoli Nankov, Arthur Numan, Ariel Ortega, Pável Pardo, Alfred Phiri, Darryl Powell, Ramón Ramírez, Rigobert Song, Gert Verheyen, Morten Wieghorst, Christian Wörns, Zinedine Zidane
  • Most yellow cards (match): 7 – South Africa vs Denmark, Argentina vs Croatia
  • Most red cards (match): 3 – South Africa vs Denmark
  • Fewest yellow cards (match): 1 – Morocco vs Norway, Germany vs Yugoslavia
  • Most cards in one match: 7 yellow cards and 3 red cards – South Africa vs Denmark

    • By individual

    1 red card
    3 yellow cards
    2 yellow cards
    1 yellow card

    References

    1998 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record Wikipedia
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